What grout color to use with these japanese tea tiles?
When lit properly the color isn't so dark and the blue comes out as well. I also find the blue wrap on the windows messes with color. You can see in the close up that there is a little brown edge to the tiles.
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last yearlast modified: last yearThanks! I love them too. I use to sculpt in clay and love a good glaze. I may keep the pattern toned down with a charcoal as the floor is a resin terrazzo made with stones.
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last yearlast modified: last yearThese are gorgeous! I also agree to go for less contrast. But rather than trying to match the blue, I'd do a warm charcoal (warm, because the edges of the tiles are warm).
If you went with a darker shade, it will look kind of like how it looks in the pic (the gaps appear like a dark grey so that makes a pretty good preview).
Or if you went with a medium warm grey, it will look more like this. I don't think you could go wrong either way.
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last yearlast modified: last yearI'll go look at what's out there and post my choices in the next couple days. Thanks for the input. I guess I should have mentioned that the back wall will be an warm upright stripey brick with a matching color to the finger tiles. I assume the grout color will have to match both tiles... I can't switch.
I was going to do a 33% offset to make the grid pattern of the brick less obvious. Also, the tiles are non-rectified so there will be obvious discrepancies in grout lines if I line them up.
Paul F.
last yearlast modified: last yearI got an almost exact color match for the grout. That would sure tone down the grid, no?
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last yearlast modified: last yearThis is what my color tile looks like with a cool grey arcylic grout.
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